March 2011
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“That HuffPo article is an extension of one of the great genres of American...”
– Kevin Guilfoile on this HuffPo polemic by Anis Shivani. Anyone who refers to the “glorious decadence” of the New York Times’ book section is test-running lines for his stand-up act, surely?
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everygreatsongever:
Kansas: “Dust In The Wind”...
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If you were really "incredibly sorry" you'd fix...
rocketsandrayguns:
Glad to see Tumblr raising money for Japan. But maybe they should put a button on the screen to donate money to Tumblr for improved infrastructure. Just saying.
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Jeff Koons Must Die!!! →
towerofsleep:
dayofthedreamweavers:
“The premise of the video game is to allow the viewer to virtually destroy work by the artist, Jeff Koons.”
I would love to play this.
Excellent! (though I don’t loathe Koons the way some people do.)
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“Muddy Waters said the blues had a baby, and that baby was rock & roll. In...”
– Ben Myers, on The Unthanks’ Last
Something tells me that Mumford & Sons will be to blame for launching a whole new generation of whingy British folk apologists—particularly when the act they’re championing is brazen enough to seek a non-niche audience. Noooo, it sounds nothing...
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“Who is that lady in the dress circle?’ La Faloise asked suddenly …...”
– Emile Zola, Nana
Our Lady Gaga* might appreciate that her fictional 19th century French namesake is an over-the-hill grotesque who nevertheless ensnares several young dandies. She’s a minor character among the novel’s many painted ladies. But it’s a fun happenstance that...
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“Almost everything I’ve read about SXSW this year … revolves around...”
– Nitsuh Abebe, “SXSW diary: Pitchfork’s concert, 3D Wayfarers, and status anxiety”
Nitsuh, truth-telling (as ever). This pretty much gets at why every year I realize I’m happy not to be at SXSW because it’s everything I hate—assholes, hype, lines, crowds, no...
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“Life in LA – also the title of an Ariel Pink song, as it happens – does lend...”
– Simon Reynolds, “Hypnogogic pop and the landscape of Southern California”
As a longtime connoisseur of L.A. Culture & Its Meaning, I’m looking forward to Reynolds’ new book. Is there anything new to say on the subject? Maybe, maybe not. But I’m intrigued by the...
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“Ever since its early days, schlager has used simple patterns of music (just like...”
– Nico Roicke, “Schlager louts: meet Germany’s biggest pop stars”
I had no idea. But I love the fact that such musical worlds exist.
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“The 31-page glossy, Al-Shamikha, which translates loosely as “The Majestic...”
– Julius Cavendish, “Al-Qa’ida glossy advises women to cover up and marry a martyr,” The Independent
Always looking for good new mags!
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Book report: Or, fulfilling a contractual...
So one of the things I’m supposed to be doing as a participant in this book challenge is review the books I read. Allow me to be frank: I’m not writing book reviews unless I’m being paid to do so! This is particularly true if any part of the review requires me to summarize plot (grumble grumble). So these first three blurbs should be considered mere observations and may be of...
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Watchsongbytoad:Bloody hell, he’s gone pop! Sort of. Anyway, it’s bloody ace.
goddontlikeit:Totally brilliant new David Thomas Broughton video for track Aint Got No Sole which will feature on his debut album out on Brainlove in May. THIS IS GREAT NEWS!
OMG! I hate to keep pestering people who know me about this, but I’m just about DTB’s biggest fangirl. Yay yay yay yay! Now that...
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What the Fresh Hell is This, New York Times? →
diana-vilibert:
I rarely feel compelled to chime in on my own blog re stories like yesterday’s Vicious Assault Shakes Texas Town because, frankly, the rest of Tumblr does it much better and more eloquently than I can. But there’s so much bullshit here that I can’t help it.
A clear case where the reporter and his editor should be sacked. Period.
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“Certainly the more rational way to approach a novel is to ask first, Did I enjoy...”
– John Warner, commentary on Day 3 of The Morning News’ 2011 Tournament of Books
The ToB’s off to an exciting start thanks in no small part to Warner and Kevin Guilfoile’s commentary! The above is so right on and so easy to forget if you’re part of the chattering classes...
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Callista!
Both Salon and Slate have front page stories on Callista Gingrich, Newt’s lipstick-challenged third wife. Do I really have to care about this woman, progressive media? Really? And is it any wonder I hate reading about “politics”?
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Dinosaur boogers
douglaswolk:
The staff are an essential part of Louis’s mystique. Paunchy, combative, surly men, bulging out of their white jackets with the meaty malevolence of gouty buffalo. They may well be related by blood—theirs or other people’s. They exude a pantomime insolence, an existential Le Fug Youse. As you walk in, one approaches with an eyebrow raised and nose aloft to give you the benefit of...
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Dirty Beaches
So I knew zero about the guy or the track when I posted this a year ago. Then I saw this today. Looking forward to the album.
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The quality of fiction vs. the quality of... →
desnoise:Tyler Cowen argues that current non-fiction is better than current fiction
As with a lot of people, I feel like my book-reading is way off what it once was, due to plenty of excuses— work, other work, going out with friends, not riding the subway anymore, not having been in college for almost a decade now. Also, maybe I’ve been reading non-fiction more just because that’s what boring...
